School Graduation Exams to Be Abolished in Georgia from 2020

School Graduate Exams will be abolished from 2020, Sopho Gorgodze, the Director of the National Examination Center, announced at a presentation of the new education system model.

Gorgodze stated that major changes will be enacted in the education system from 2020. Prior to that, in 2019, 11th graders will be exempted from graduate exams, but these exams will be retained for 12th grade students.

She noted that this change serves to strengthen the school’s role in the education system.

It was stated that National Examinations will be conducted in three compulsory subjects instead of four from 2020. Georgian language and literature and foreign language exams will remain mandatory for all entrants.

Entrants will still be able to choose both technical and humanitarian programs but the third compulsory subject will be determined according to the programs of the higher educational institutions.

In addition, passing a general skills exam will no longer be compulsory. Universities have the right to add a selective examination relevant to their own program, including a general skills exam.

By Thea Morrison